My understanding is that the 31 Mar 26 deadline is for all councils to provide food waste recycling by 1 Apr, and that over 30% will fail to meet this deadline!
Whilst we have a good food bin collection scheme going locally, its only a small 25 litre kerbside bin (I did see a much larger one in use just over the Severn Bridge that I was envious of) - too small for rib cages, pelvic bones, etc, without a lot of work which frankly I'm not prepared to do! However, as part of our councils response to the timeline changes we are being moved onto a 3-weekly grey bin (non-recyclable land-fill/heat recovery) collection regime from 1 May
This filled me with horror but thankfully, about a month ago they also introduced a single-use plastic packaging collection (think crisp packets, clear film, thin plastics, etc) which has dramatically affected what goes into the grey bins, to the extent that all of the household waste and my ABP Cat 3 more than comfortably now fit in the grey bin (household of 4 adults). Indeed, last Sunday night, there was a third left empty!
I'm now much more relaxed about these changes - yes its a faff to have 4 sorting bins under the kitchen counter (thin plastic, cardboard, other plastic, tins and foil), 2 in the utility cupboard (bigger thin plastics and paper/cardboard), 3 green boxes (glass, cardboard/paper and thick plastic, metal, foil, etc) and the food kerbside bin outside, plus the grey and green full-sized bins (that's a total of 12 if your'e keeping up), but it's all in a good cause.....................
